Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone, American film director, born September 15, 1946, New York.Stone has won two Academy Awards as best director for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July.
A distinct feature in Oliver Stone's movies is the use of a multitude of different cameras and film formats, from VHS to 8mm film to 70mm film.
Stone has written or taken part in the writing of every film he has directed, except for U Turn (1997). He also had a hand in the screenplays for Midnight Express (1978), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Scarface (1983), Year of the Dragon (1985), 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) and Evita (1996).
Movies he has directed include:
- Any Given Sunday (1999)
- U Turn (1997)
- Nixon (1995)
- Natural Born Killers (1994)
- Heaven & Earth (1993)
- JFK (1991)
- The Doors (1991)
- Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
- Talk Radio (1988)
- Wall Street (1987)
- Platoon (1986)
- Salvador (1986)
- The Hand (1981)
- Mad Man of Martinique (short) (1979)
- Seizure (aka Queen of Evil) (1974)
